This article provides an overview of a set of articles in this special issue that synthesize current research and provide future directions for research, both conceptually and methodologically, on gender, socioeconomic, and language-minority differences in college transitions, as well as a review of college transitions research in the discipline…

The research described in this paper is part of a wider exploration of organisational learning and some of the social-psychological mechanisms which underlie the individual-organisation learning relationship. Adopting a grounded theory approach, qualitative data were obtained during email interviews with 15 foundation degree students concerning…

The author, a student adviser in a Student Support Services (TRIO) program, took an introductory psychology course in order to study students' note-taking behaviors. The most important finding was that students copied the terminology the instructor wrote on the board, but failed to take notes on the examples he used to clarify the terms.…

Olympic College purchased eight one-minute advertising spots per day for use seven days a week at a local independent radio station. Ten sample spots are presented. This economical approach was successful in increasing over-all enrollment and the number of FTE students; it also attracted many adults to the college. (DC)

In 1999, the Southeast Advanced Technological Education Consortium (SEATEC) held two national forums on the campus of Vanderbilt University. The first forum addressed the design of case studies for technological education. The second focused on best practices in teaching technological content through case studies (TEFATE, 1999). The second event…

The characteristics and objectives of women college students are examined as they relate to career choice and development. Data were obtained from students at four two-year colleges in New York City. Career innovators comprised one-fifth of the women in the sample, and aspired to a wide range of occupations in managerial and professional fields.…

The mediagraphy, a new concept in storing and transmitting information, is a listing of sources of data relating to a particular subject area. In addition to written works, a mediagraphy may include nonbook materials. This mediagraphy lists 60 sets of educational recordings available for remedial reading programs at the two-year community college…

The problem investigated in this study was whether or not laboratory training would influence the norms by which choices were made. Data about the influence of intervention on a social system was provided by an evaluation of laboratory training with a junior college student senate using sociometric methods to discern the normative structure of the…

This commencement speech by a community college graduate describes her experiences at Essex Community College, detailing the courses taken and the impact of both courses and professors on her life. (LAL)

Used a multimethod, multilevel approach to assess death anxiety in 172 junior college students. Direct measures were significantly and meaningfully related to one another and to repression- sensitization; no significant relationship was found between any two indirect measures for either males or females. (JAC)

This July 2005 Research presents an analysis of the changing picture of average units attempted by students who attend the four Los Rios colleges in Sacramento, California--American River College, Cosumnes River College, Folsom Lake College and Sacramento City College. Beginning in 2000 a six-year trend of declining average units attempted by Los…

Students at Cochise College, Douglas, Arizona, speak out on what contributions community colleges can make to the national volunteer movement University Year for ACTION''. (DS)

Students who lowered their degree aspirations during the course of junior college were compared with students who raised and students who retained their original aspirations. These students were as academically and nonacademically talented as other students, but received lower college grades and were generally less successful in junior college.…

Describes how community colleges work to develop the self-confidence of their students. Explains how low confidence is detected and how confidence is built in the community college setting. The value of experiential education is discussed, as are classroom programs to build self-confidence. A sidebar suggests number of useful approaches to…

Compared four groups of career-decided community college students (n=195) differentiated by level of comfort they reported with career choices, and two groups of career-undecided students (n=54) differentiated by level of problem they perceived their indecision to be, using three measures of career status and two measures of anxiety. (Author/ABL)